Jean jacques sager



(No Model.)

J. J. SAGBR v LOOK FOR TRUNKS. VALISES, BOXES, M. No. 471,277. PatentedMar. 22, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE.

JEAN JACQUES SAGER, OF BERNE, SWITZERLAND.

LOOK FOR TRUNKS, VALISES, BOXES, &.c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,277, dated March22, 1892.

Application filed December 11,1891. Serial No. 414,673. (No model.)Patented in England August 11, 1888, No. 11.626; in

France January 10,1889, No. 192,007, and in Belgium August 8, 1889,110.87,316.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEAN JAcoUEsSAcER, saddler, of Berne, Switzerland,have invented an Improved Lock for Trunks, Valises, Chests, Boxes, andthe Like, (for which Letters Patent have been granted to me in GreatBritain, dated August 11, 1888, No. 11,626; in France, dated January 10,1889, No. 192,007, and in Belgium, dated August 8, 1889, No. 87,316,) ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in or connected with locks fortrunks, valises, chests, boxes, and the like, as described and claimedin my United States Patent, No. 399,784, dated March 19, 1889, and willbe readily understood on reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 shows a trunk to which my improved lock, combined with astrap and means .for holding an address label or card, is anplied. Fig;2 is a front view of the lock detached from the trunk. Fig. 3 is atransverse central section of the same in its closed position, and thestrap engaged in a pin or stud on the front of the trunk. Fig. 4 is ahorizontal section of the upper part of Fig. 2,

showing the address label or card in its frame. Fig. 5 is a transversecentral section showing the hasp raised or thrown back, the addresslabel or card as it would appear when being withdrawn from its frame,and the strap disengaged from the pin or stud.

My invention consists, essentially, in the combination of the hasp andstaple with a strap surrounding the trunk or other article, and having aframe for an address label or card into which the said label or card issecured by the hasp when the lock is closed, as shown and described inmy United States Patent, numbered 399,7 84, with a pin or stud to avoidthe strain on the strap bearing on the lock. The frame I), fixed to thecover of the trunk, contains the address label or card 20, which canonly be withdrawn when the hasp d is open, as shown in Fig. 5, theprojections d d on the hasp cl retaining the label or card to, when thehasp is shut.

x m are spring-blades for keeping the label or card in place in theframe.

The staple e of the hasp d passes through one of a suitably-shaped holeto of the strap 4, which passes underneath the frame I), and said stapleis fastened by means of the bolt f of the lock proper a. The projectionsd d on the hasp 01 form a kind of groove in which the strap r lies.These projections, besides preventing the falling out of the label orcard, as before stated, also prevent the hasp d from being turnedinward, as frequently happens with hasps now in use. p S is a pin orstud which traverses the front wall a'of the lock proper a, and which isriveted to the back wall a of said lock proper a. Its object is to avoidthe strain on the strap bearing on the look. This pin or stud S isprovided with a suitable notch s, and the strap is hookedto said pin,the lock having only to prevent its being disengaged therefrom.

The hasp d is provided with a recess 01 formed like a cap, and fittingover the end of the above-described pin or stud S when the hasp d isclosed.

Having now particularly ascertained the nature of my invention, I claimIn locks for trunks, valises, chests, boxes, and the like, thecombination, with the lock proper a, of the pin or stud S, riveted tothe back wall a of said lock proper to and traversing the front wall aof the same and provided with a notch s, and of the hasp d, havingprojections d and 61 and a recess 61 to fit over the pin or stud S,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my.

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.JEAN JACQUES SAGER.

lVitnesses:

ROBERT HEIMEL, GOTTFRIED BALMER.

